Congratulations to A for passing the music theory Grade 5 exam with nearly full marks! You've achieved an outstanding Distinction! Is music theory important in learning an instrument? Absolutely! Starting from Grade 3, I suggest students to complete one or two pages of music theory homework each week. Before we play the instrument, we discuss the theory questions, and often find connections between these questions and the pieces they are currently playing. This approach also

On a rainy (xià yǔ ) morning in early autumn (qiū tiān ), we were all about jamming with shakers and rattlers to match the rain's rhythm outside our window. Children at Little Cubs nursery got the hang of making different rain sounds, using gentle shakes for light rain (xiǎo yǔ) and bigger movements for a downpour (dà yǔ ). We added some fun with a thunder drum, and the tickling feeling of an ant on our skin was just like a little drizzle (máo máo yǔ ). After the rain stopped